Five Years of YouTube
Celebrating 1,826 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
Celebrating 1,826 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
“Ink” is an Australia gin known for its distinctive inky violet colour. They host an annual contest for designing the label on their limit edition bottles. “A Fisherman’s Inkling of a Catch at the Orchard” is my submission for the 2024 theme of “fusion”.
Yulli’s Brews is a Sydney-based craft brewery, one of my favourite hang-out spots. In 2024, they hosted an art and poetry competition to feature on the cans of their latest brew.
Recreating the 12 days of Christmas carol as a choppy animation inspired by Claymation, plush dolls, and plastic toys.
Mordecai and Rigby’s arch nemesis has made a return and this time, he’s in the third dimension.
Celebrating 1,461 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
My foray into multiple social media sites. Plus a cute Instagram character.
Merry Christmas! Pixelton is a snowy pixel village that found its way into our 3D universe and managed to perch itself on a half-wrapped pile of presents in the middle of their arcade.
Celebrating 1,096 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
A vaporwave-inspired, trip-hop infused, lo-fi concoction of audio-visual strangeness built on Windows OS and video game music samples, and hand drawn visuals in 3D environments.
One more Game of Thrones intro parody, this time at JK Rowling’s Wizarding World.
Santa has put his band mates together, including some rowdy penguins, to play a live lo-fi hip hop chill track.
Celebrating 730 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
PopToonsTV are an incredibly talented duo of animators specialised in poking fun of all the biggest celebrities. They commissioned this parody of the Game of Thrones intro for one of their music video parodies.
Terraria is a violent place, but you can sleep guilt-free tonight. When you’re not invading the pristine beauty of the world, the bosses get up to their own shenanigans.
It’s Christmas Day on 2020 and in true 2020 fashion, someone has decided to open a Naughty Present in the heart of the City of Sydney.
Terraria’s jovial soundscape gets remixed into an instrumental hip hop album using samples from the game’s official soundtrack.
Terraria’s infamous rouges gallery of pixelated, Lovecratian horrors get the extra-dimension treatment as they are brought to life in low-poly glory.
Loop is an upcoming anonymous support group app. This was a sample project for the visual direction of the app.
Celebrating 365 days of Polysthetic’s YouTube channel.
Take a sunny trip under the sea, observe the sea life, and explore an Aquarion city that has set its foundations on some giant coral formations.
The Vengir tribe have always been the butt-end of jokes of the Battle of Polytopia community. Not tolerating this injustice, they have rallied under the watchful flaming gaze of a familiar leader.
Sebastiaan van Hijfte created 80 adorable pixel art figures as a set of stock video game characters. They captured my imagination and I brought them to life as 3D animated figures living and breathing in their own worlds.
A fitting counterpoint to Necrosus, this is a small test project for Midjiwan, the developers of Polytopia.
Continuing with the cities on giant plants concept, this is a cosy town perched upon a giant pine tree. Santa Claus has also decided to set up his factory here and a railway line.
The Battle of Polytopia’s subreddit reached 15,000 subscribers, and consequently held a fan art competition. This presented a good opportunity for a tribe idea: Necrosus, the undead faction.
The Battle of Polytopia is a splendid little game that pushed minimalism to its limits in all aspects: gameplay, graphics, sound; whilst still managing wide appeal and success. This fan project combines its charming world with the now legendary Game of Thrones title sequence.
James Provot’s wonderful illustrative poster of the Cult of Done Manifesto really struck me a few years ago and I still use it when I get paralysed by perfectionism. This is my animated rendition of the poster’s 13 icons for each of the manifesto’s phrases.
Creating a 3D world from a simple 2D image has always fascinated me. Adventure Time has some amazing artwork, particularly in the title cards. This is my interpretation of 3 classic episodes.
A personal project of mine, it’s a Mexican village that has established itself on top of a giant cactus, complete with its own church and Aztec temple.